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61condolence — [17] Condolence and sympathy are parallel formations: both go back to classical originals (late Latin condolēre and Greek sumpátheia respectively) which meant literally ‘together suffering’. Latin condolēre was a compound verb formed from the… …
62indolent — [18] Historically, indolent means ‘feeling no pain’ – indeed, that is how it was used as a technical medical term in English in the 17th and 18th centuries. It comes from late Latin indolens, which was based on the Latin verb dolere ‘suffer pain’ …
63dolorous — doleful, *melancholy, plaintive, lugubrious, rueful Analogous words: & Antonyms: see those at DOLEFUL …
64condolence — [17] Condolence and sympathy are parallel formations: both go back to classical originals (late Latin condolēre and Greek sumpátheia respectively) which meant literally ‘together suffering’. Latin condolēre was a compound verb formed from the… …
65indolent — [18] Historically, indolent means ‘feeling no pain’ – indeed, that is how it was used as a technical medical term in English in the 17th and 18th centuries. It comes from late Latin indolens, which was based on the Latin verb dolere ‘suffer pain’ …
66sad — [sad] adj. sadder, saddest [ME < OE sæd, sated, full, hence having feelings assoc. with satiety, akin to Ger satt, sated < IE base * sā , satisfied, sated > L satis, enough, OIr sāith, satiety] 1. having, expressing, or showing low… …
67dole´ful|ness — dole|ful «DOHL fuhl», adjective. very sad or dreary; mournful; dismal: »a doleful expression. The hound gave a doleful howl. SYNONYM(S): sorrowful, woeful, plaintive. –dole´ful|ly, adverb. –dole´ful|ness, noun …
68dole´ful|ly — dole|ful «DOHL fuhl», adjective. very sad or dreary; mournful; dismal: »a doleful expression. The hound gave a doleful howl. SYNONYM(S): sorrowful, woeful, plaintive. –dole´ful|ly, adverb. –dole´ful|ness, noun …
69dole|ful — «DOHL fuhl», adjective. very sad or dreary; mournful; dismal: »a doleful expression. The hound gave a doleful howl. SYNONYM(S): sorrowful, woeful, plaintive. –dole´ful|ly, adverb. –dole´ful|ness, noun …
70Condole — Con*dole , v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Condoled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Condoling}.] [L. condolere; con + dolere to feel pain, grieve. See {Doleful}.] To express sympathetic sorrow; to grieve in sympathy; followed by with. [1913 Webster] Your friends would… …
